Overview
A new memoir by former Pentagon UAP Task Force director Jay Stratton alleges that Lockheed Martin possessed 12 craft of nonhuman origin and that a CIA official prevented his government team from obtaining one for examination. The account appears in Out of the Shadows, Stratton’s recently published book describing his work investigating unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, and his broader interest in claims involving nonhuman intelligence.
The allegations were reported Oct. 14, 2026, by investigative journalist RM McLaren. They are attributed to Stratton and have not been independently verified. No evidence establishing the existence, provenance or physical characteristics of the alleged craft was provided in the source material, and there is no public confirmation from Lockheed Martin, the CIA or the Pentagon described in the report.
Claims About Lockheed Martin
According to Stratton’s account, Lockheed Martin held 12 alleged nonhuman vehicles. The memoir reportedly describes efforts by Stratton’s team to gain access to one of the objects for examination, but says those efforts were blocked by a CIA official. The identity of the official, the precise date of the alleged intervention and the location or custody arrangements involving the purported craft were not specified in the material available for review.
The claim touches on a longstanding controversy surrounding alleged secret aerospace-recovery programs. UAP proponents have frequently asserted that defense contractors or intelligence agencies possess materials or vehicles recovered from unexplained incidents. However, such claims remain disputed when they are not accompanied by verifiable physical evidence, authenticated records, corroborating witnesses or a transparent chain of custody. The memoir’s account is therefore a firsthand allegation, not confirmation that Lockheed possessed nonhuman technology.
Stratton’s Experiences
Out of the Shadows also recounts experiences Stratton interpreted as encounters with nonhuman beings and craft. He wrote that, in March 2014, he saw a gray figure with a large head and small black eyes outside a window while his son slept inside. “We have a few seconds of a standoff, then the light goes dark, and it’s gone,” Stratton wrote.
He further described shadowy figures appearing around family members and said his son reported luminous orbs that allegedly struck him, causing swelling and bruising and leading to an emergency-room visit. Stratton connected the episode with an apparent improvement in his son’s kidney function, while acknowledging that the underlying illness later returned. These accounts are presented as personal testimony and medical interpretation; the source does not identify independent witnesses or records verifying a nonhuman cause.
Public-Record Context
Stratton also recalled seeing a silent triangular object while walking at Skinwalker Ranch. He said he could not determine the object’s distance or size and did not capture it on camera. “I don’t have data to back it up,” he wrote, “but I know what I saw.” He likewise stated that he had personally seen “non-human craft and non-human beings.”
Such statements illustrate the central evidentiary challenge in UAP reporting: a witness’s certainty does not by itself establish the nature or origin of an observation. The public record can document Stratton’s government role and his assertions, but the available source material does not provide independently testable evidence supporting the alleged 12 craft or the claimed CIA obstruction. Until relevant documents, physical samples or corroborating testimony emerge, the allegations remain unverified claims described in a memoir.
